Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Backpackers Thailand ( www.backpackersthailand.com ) Everything you need to know about Ko Pha-
Ngan, from booking accommodation to finding out the Full Moon Party schedule.
Doubles as a vast resource for the whole country as well.
Getting There & Away
As always, the cost and departure times are subject to change. Rough waves are known to
cancel ferries between October and December.
AIR
Ko Pha-Ngan's new airport is scheduled to open in September 2014 with two daily flights
to/from Bangkok on Kan Air ( www.kanairlines.com ) . The flight will take 80 minutes. It's expec-
ted that services will increase over the next few years to include more Bangkok flights and
other destinations as well.
BOAT
To/From Bangkok, Hua Hin & Chumphon
The Lomprayah OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 077 4277 656; www.lomprayah.com ) and Seat-
ran Discovery OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 0 2240 2582; www.seatrandiscovery.com ) services
have bus-boat combination packages (from around 1500B) that depart from the Th Khao
San area in Bangkok and pass through Hua Hin and Chumphon. The whole voyage takes
about 17 hours.
It is also quite hassle-free (unless your train breaks down, which happens a lot) to take
the train from Bangkok or Hua Hin to Chumphon and switch to a ferry service. In this
case expect to pay 300B for a train from Bangkok to Chumphon (about 8½ hours); the
boat from Chumphon to Ko Pha-Ngan takes around 2½ hours and costs 800B to 1000B
depending on the boat.
To/From Ko Samui
There are around a dozen daily departures between Thong Sala on Ko Pha-Ngan and Ko
Samui. These boats leave throughout the day from 7am to 6pm, take from 20 minutes to
an hour and cost 200B to 300B depending on the boat.
The Haad Rin Queen ( 0 7748 4668) goes back and forth between Hat Rin and Big Buddha
Beach on Ko Samui four times a day. The voyage takes 50 minutes and costs 200B.
The Thong Nai Pan Express is a wobbly old fishing boat (not for the faint-hearted) that
runs once a day from Mae Hat on Ko Samui to Hat Rin on Ko Pha-Ngan and then up the
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